12.1 – UPDATE ON NEGOTIATIONSOur negotiations have now entered the conciliation stage. A conciliator appointed by the Ontario Labour Relations Board has presided over two full-day bargaining sessions, on February 2 and March 5; the next is March 16. The only issue that the Employer has agreed to discuss so far is the “Exclusion clause” (Article 2.1.3.e) whereby the Employer threatened to strip professors teaching non-credit courses in PDP/Education and in OLBI (Official Language and Bilingualism Institute) of their APTPUO union membership, salaries and benefits. We’re preparing for an arduous fight and pushing to negotiate a fair deal for all of our members.

12.2 – ONLINE APPLICATIONS FOR COURSE CONTRACTS

University regulations now require that applications in response to course postings be submitted online using the UO "Part-Time Academic Positions" website -- not paper, fax, email, etc. Be sure you change the “session” setting to the semester you are interested in, otherwise you may see a message saying “there are no positions available at this time.” Click the course that you want, then click “Apply to Posting.” Don’t leave it to the last minute -- filling out this online form takes a lot of time the first time you do it because you have to type in your entire… life history! To see the course postings, and to apply, go to: